2022-01-09
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – caramel & carmel
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ออกเสียง caramel = ‘KAR-uh-muhl, -mel” or “KAHR-muhl”
ออกเสียง carmel –
“KAHR-muhl” for a mountain range in northwestern Israel.
“kahr-MEL” for a town in western California.
Also called “Car-mel-by-the-sea” = (“kahr-MEL-bahy-thuh-see”)
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MORE ABOUT CARAMEL
What is caramel?
Caramel is a liquid made by heating sugar
until it changes to a brownish color.
Caramel is used for coloring or flavoring food.
Caramel is often used as a flavoring or sauce for a variety of foods, especially desserts,
such as caramel ice cream and caramel-coated popcorn.
The word caramel can also refer to a chewy candy
made from the heated sugar, milk, butter, and other ingredients.
It’s often shaped into cubes and is sometimes covered in chocolate,
which you might find in a box of Valentine’s Day chocolates.
Finally, caramel can refer to a tan or yellowish-brown color
that resembles the color of the sugary liquid,
as in The cat had a caramel-colored tail.
Example:
My favorite candy is a chocolate bar filled with caramel.
Where does caramel come from?
The first records of the word caramel come from around 1715.
It ultimately comes from the Late Latin calamellus, meaning “little reed.”
This word is related to cannamella, the Latin word for sugarcane.
The liquid caramel comes from heated sugar.
Caramel is used to give a sweet flavor to many different foods.
It is likely to be used in dessert items,
such as ice cream, chocolate, cake, and pie.
Caramel is a nice treat.
Because it is made of sugar, though, eating too much caramel
has the same health risks as eating too much sugar.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
caramel
is the name for a light brown candy
made from butter, sugar, and milk or cream,
but it is also used to refer to sugar that is cooked until it is burnt
that is used as a flavor or color, or, most simply, as a light brown color.
Like so many of our dessert words, it came to English from French.
The French word came through Spanish
from the Portuguese word caramelo,
which meant “icicle”
and derived from the Latin word for “small reed” or “tube.”
Caramel can be correctly pronounced
with two syllables (KAR-mel) or
three syllables (KAHR-uh-mel, KAIR-uh-mel).
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary
caramel & carmel
Take Highway 1 south from Monterey
to reach the charming seaside town of Carmel,
of which Clint Eastwood was formerly mayor.
Dissolve sugar in a little water
and cook it down until the sugar turns brown
to create caramel.
A nationwide chain uses
the illiterate spelling “KarmelkornTM,”
which helps to perpetuate the confusion between these two words.
